tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7734338450587111138.post8293645498265828780..comments2016-12-07T17:25:22.666-08:00Comments on The USCT Chronicle: Remembering the USCTs Where they RestAngela Y. Walton-Rajihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12987860835348165902noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7734338450587111138.post-989286557804812452011-02-07T19:24:05.171-08:002011-02-07T19:24:05.171-08:00BetweenTwoWhirlds,
I shall explain how to recog...BetweenTwoWhirlds,<br /> I shall explain how to recognize them in a future post. Your post clearly illustrates that this needs to be pointed out. Stay tuned.Angela Y. Walton-Rajihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12987860835348165902noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7734338450587111138.post-27438351392021365362011-02-07T19:22:37.665-08:002011-02-07T19:22:37.665-08:00Richard, I will be happy to share information with...Richard, I will be happy to share information with you on some of the soldiers that you have found. If they got a pension I can look up some of their data next time I get to the National Archives.Angela Y. Walton-Rajihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12987860835348165902noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7734338450587111138.post-89087631436817040432011-02-01T15:34:02.337-08:002011-02-01T15:34:02.337-08:00&quot;I pointed out to her how to recognize Civil ...&quot;I pointed out to her how to recognize Civil War era soldiers and how to tell if they were black Union soldiers.&quot;<br /><br />This is great stuff - but for the rest of us who are also ignorant - what are the keys to determining this? I&#39;m just not aware of what the abbreviations mean.betweentwowhirldshttp://betweentwowhirlds.wordpress.com/noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7734338450587111138.post-67462580313425139122011-02-01T15:12:57.785-08:002011-02-01T15:12:57.785-08:00There is not a national cemetery near me - I think...There is not a national cemetery near me - I think Camp Nelson National Cemetery is the closest, a couple of hours away and I do want to visit it again - but I recently began a project of going through local cemeteries to try to find and photograph any headstones of Civil War veterans I could find.<br /><br />It has been a fun experience, and I have found some neat information and stories about some of the men, but I was surprised in one cemetery to find 3 headstones of members of the USCT. They are in different sections, buried among other people, mostly civilians, but their headstones clearly show they were in the USCT. <br /><br />I have not yet found out a lot of information about each, but I still will include what I find on the www.civilwarheadstones blog I run. In fact, tonight I just posted a picture of the headstone of Willis Walker, a member of the 12th US Colored Heavy Artillery unit, right before I saw this entry. That was pretty cool timing.<br /><br />I do hope to find more USCT veterans buried here (Northern Kentucky) but I imagine they will be the exception not the rule. Still, I was happy to find such men buried in the area and hope I can bring at least a small bit of recognition to their service to their country.Richardhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16080050613624485848noreply@blogger.com